VietNamNet Bridge – On January 29, the Department of Social
Evil Prevention of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said that
there are about 30,000 prostitutes and 171,400 drug addicts in Vietnam.
>> HCM City wants to gather sensitive services
into one zone to prevent prostitution
>> Male and gay prostitution is increasing
>> Male and gay prostitution is increasing
Prostitutes and drug addicts seem
to be younger and the above social evils are increasingly complexly. In 2012,
the country had to spend over VND70 billion ($3.5 million) for the prevention
of prostitution.
Mr. Le Duc Hien, Vice chief of
the Department of Social Evil Prevention, said that in 2012, social evils still
occurred very complexly in many provinces and cities, in the rural and
mountainous areas. The modes of operation were very diverse. Information
technology was used to form prostitution rings with large-scale.
The number of drug addicts
increased by 7.7% compared to 2011 (about 12,900 people), bringing the total to
171,400 addicts. The number of addicts living in the community accounted for 65
percent of the total.
According to the National Committee
for Drug Prevention, the number of drug addicts has increased by 5.3% and the
number of drug-related crimes increased from 3 to 5 times higher than five
years ago.
The committee also reported that
Vietnam currently has 115,836 businesses with conditional services, with over
68,463 female staff (up by 6,529 people compared with 2011). About 5,861
businesses and 9,741 female employees are suspected of involving in
prostitution.
In 2012, the interdisciplinary
inspection teams examined 30,259 business establishments that offer sensitive
services and found 10,964 violations. In particular, 8,140 businesses were
fined, totaling over VND40 billion ($2 million) (50% up over 2011).
The action program to prevent and
combat prostitution in 2011-2015 was issued, but many provinces have not
carried out the program yet. This is one of the reasons that the situation of
prostitution increased, especially in large cities since July 2012, the time
for releasing prostitutes from rehabilitation centers.
Lao Dong
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